netcool75 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Good Morning Monks- I am attempting to install the PAR::Packer module via cpan in order to create a Perl binary, however I am running into some issues. Here is the error I am seeing below: 
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.6
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Unrecognized argument in LIBS ignored: '/opt/netcool/precision/perl/li
+b/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.a'
Writing Makefile for the par program
Writing Makefile for PAR::Packer
Set up gcc environment - 3.4.6
cp lib/PAR/Packer.pm blib/lib/PAR/Packer.pm
cp lib/PAR/StrippedPARL/Base.pm blib/lib/PAR/StrippedPARL/Base.pm
cp lib/PAR/Filter/PodStrip.pm blib/lib/PAR/Filter/PodStrip.pm
cp lib/PAR/Filter/Obfuscate.pm blib/lib/PAR/Filter/Obfuscate.pm
cp lib/App/Packer/PAR.pm blib/lib/App/Packer/PAR.pm
cp lib/PAR/Filter.pm blib/lib/PAR/Filter.pm
cp lib/PAR/StrippedPARL/Dynamic.pm blib/lib/PAR/StrippedPARL/Dynamic.p
+m
cp lib/PAR/Filter/PatchContent.pm blib/lib/PAR/Filter/PatchContent.pm
cp lib/PAR/Filter/Bytecode.pm blib/lib/PAR/Filter/Bytecode.pm
cp lib/pp.pm blib/lib/pp.pm
cp lib/PAR/Filter/Bleach.pm blib/lib/PAR/Filter/Bleach.pm
cp lib/PAR/StrippedPARL/Static.pm blib/lib/PAR/StrippedPARL/Static.pm
/opt/netcool/precision/perl/bin/perl sha1.c.PL sha1.c
gcc -c -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -D_REENTRANT -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DN
+O_HASH_SEED -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -fno-strict-al
+iasing -pipe  -I/opt/netcool/precision/perl/lib/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-th
+read-multi/CORE  -DPARL_EXE=\"parl\" -O main.c
/opt/netcool/precision/perl/bin/perl ./file2c.pl -s ../script/par.pl -
+l my_par_pl.c load_my_par_pl
gcc -c -D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS -D_REENTRANT -DUSE_SITECUSTOMIZE -DN
+O_HASH_SEED -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -fno-strict-al
+iasing -pipe  -I/opt/netcool/precision/perl/lib/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-th
+read-multi/CORE  -DPARL_EXE=\"parl\" -O my_par_pl.c
gcc main.o my_par_pl.o -s    -L/usr/lib -L/usr/ccs/lib -L/opt/SUNWspro
+/WS6U2/lib  /opt/netcool/precision/perl/lib/5.8.8/sun4-solaris-thread
+-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a -lsocket -lnsl -ldl -lm -lpthread
+ -lc -o ./par
Undefined                       first referenced
 symbol                             in file
Perl_Top_ptr                        main.o
Perl_Ieval_root_ptr                 main.o
Perl_dounwind                       main.o
Perl_Icshlen_ptr                    main.o
Perl_newSVpv                        main.o
Perl_croak_nocontext                main.o
Perl_sv_2mortal                     /opt/netcool/precision/perl/lib/5.
+8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a(DynaLoader
+.o)
perl_alloc                          main.o
Perl_croak                          /opt/netcool/precision/perl/lib/5.
+8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a(DynaLoader
+.o)
Perl_newSV                          /opt/netcool/precision/perl/lib/5.
+8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a(DynaLoader
+.o)
Perl_newXS                          main.o
Perl_newRV                          /opt/netcool/precision/perl/lib/5.
+8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a(DynaLoader
+.o)
perl_parse                          main.o
Perl_vmess                          /opt/netcool/precision/perl/lib/5.
+8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a(DynaLoader
+.o)
Perl_Gthr_key_ptr                   main.o
Perl_reentrant_retry                main.o
Perl_Gop_mutex_ptr                  main.o
Perl_Gsigfpe_saved_ptr              main.o
Perl_Iexit_flags_ptr                main.o
Perl_Icompcv_ptr                    main.o
Perl_get_sv                         /opt/netcool/precision/perl/lib/5.
+8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a(DynaLoader
+.o)
Perl_Icshname_ptr                   main.o
Perl_gv_fetchpv                     main.o
Perl_safesysmalloc                  main.o
Perl_mg_set                         main.o
Perl_Iperl_destruct_level_ptr       main.o
Perl_sv_2uv                         /opt/netcool/precision/perl/lib/5.
+8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a(DynaLoader
+.o)
Perl_sv_2iv                         /opt/netcool/precision/perl/lib/5.
+8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a(DynaLoader
+.o)
Perl_Gdo_undump_ptr                 main.o
Perl_Tin_eval_ptr                   main.o
Perl_Ilinestr_ptr                   main.o
Perl_form                           /opt/netcool/precision/perl/lib/5.
+8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a(DynaLoader
+.o)
perl_free                           main.o
perl_construct                      main.o
Perl_newSVpvn                       /opt/netcool/precision/perl/lib/5.
+8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a(DynaLoader
+.o)
Perl_sv_setpvn                      /opt/netcool/precision/perl/lib/5.
+8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a(DynaLoader
+.o)
perl_destruct                       main.o
Perl_atfork_lock                    main.o
Perl_atfork_unlock                  main.o
Perl_Tcurstackinfo_ptr              main.o
Perl_save_destructor_x              main.o
perl_run                            main.o
Perl_sv_newmortal                   /opt/netcool/precision/perl/lib/5.
+8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a(DynaLoader
+.o)
Perl_Tstatbuf_ptr                   main.o
Perl_Ttainted_ptr                   main.o
Perl_Ireentrant_buffer_ptr          main.o
Perl_hv_fetch                       /opt/netcool/precision/perl/lib/5.
+8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a(DynaLoader
+.o)
Perl_av_fetch                       main.o
Perl_av_shift                       main.o
Perl_sv_setuv                       /opt/netcool/precision/perl/lib/5.
+8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a(DynaLoader
+.o)
Perl_sv_setpv                       main.o
Perl_sv_setiv                       /opt/netcool/precision/perl/lib/5.
+8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a(DynaLoader
+.o)
Perl_sv_2pv_flags                   /opt/netcool/precision/perl/lib/5.
+8.8/sun4-solaris-thread-multi/auto/DynaLoader/DynaLoader.a(DynaLoader
+.o)
Perl_sv_2pv_nolen                   main.o
ld: fatal: Symbol referencing errors. No output written to ./par
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
*** Error code 1
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `par'
Current working directory /.cpan/build/PAR-Packer-1.008/myldr
*** Error code 1
make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `subdirs'
  make  -- NOT OK
Running make test
  Can't test without successful make
Running make install
  make had returned bad status, install seems impossible

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I would be most appreciative for any tips. Thanks!

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Re: PAR::Packer Module Installation
by marto (Cardinal) on Dec 10, 2010 at 16:14 UTC

    Could you please post the output of perl -V for the version of Perl you are using. Thanks.

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      /opt/netcool/precision/perl/bin (ilscha01-ncdevpre-01) # ./perl -v

This is perl, v5.8.8 built for sun4-solaris-thread-multi
(with 25 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)

Copyright 1987-2006, Larry Wall

Binary build 817 [257965] provided by ActiveState http://www.ActiveSta
+te.com
Built Mar 20 2006 20:36:33

Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License
+ or the
GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source ki
+t.

Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found 
+on
this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl".  If you have access to
+ the
Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Pa
+ge.

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        I asked for perl -V, capital V. Thanks.

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